Poplar Creek Guesthouse and Canoe Outfitting

Beavers Busy Along the Banadad   This year the beavers have several construction projects underway along the Banadad Ski Trail. The first  a beaver lodge, discovered earlier this month, is located about 2.5 km. in from the trail’s west end and is constructed on and completely blocking the trail. To get around this lodge and …

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Trail maintenance of the Banadad Ski Trail, organized by the Banadad Trail Assocation (BTA), got into high gear this past weekend. On Friday, 8 members of the Northstars Ski Touring Club spent 56 hours clearing the remaining one mile of the Winchell Lake Fire Trail. This trail, most of which is within the BWCA, serves as …

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Help the Banadad Build a Proper Storage-Maintenance Building for the trail’s Snowmobile Groomers through Give to the Max. The Banadad Ski Trail is the longest groomed and tracked ski trail in the BWCA. This beautiful trail is located off the Gunflint Trail, 28 miles from Grand Marais.  The trail is maintained and groom by the Banadad Trail …

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Maintenance Crews have cleared most of the Banadad Trail System with only about 1/2 mile remaining to be cleared on the east end near the site of the Ham Lake Fire. The Minnesota Conservation Corp camped four nights on the west end of the trail clearing some 14 kilometer during their stay. Meanwhile thanks to …

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Over the last three weeks we have lost over a foot of our snow. No surprise, during much of this period, the temperature has been well above freezing. While we have had rain; there has not been much snow- only about two inches.  But our ski trail continue to holdout! There still is 13 inches …

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Stuffed French Toast Serve with real maple syrup. Very filling. Depending on dietary restrictions of guests, low fat cream cheese and low fat ricotta cheese can be substituted. Ingredients: Loaf French Bread, about 5 inches across. Partially frozen. 8 oz cream cheese 8 oz ricotta cheese 1/3 cup chopped pecans 1/3 cup apricot preserves 1/4 …

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